Mapped: Where People Trust Each Other Most, by Country
Update: 2025-11-11
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Ranked: Where People Trust Each Other Most, by Country
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Key Takeaways
- Most people can be trusted in the Nordics, according to survey data from 2022, published 2024.
- Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Iceland occupy five of the top six spots of most trusting countries.
- China’s position (rank 4th, at 63%) is the only non-Western country in the top tier of trust.
Trust is the social glue that binds communities, shapes institutions, and fuels economic activity.
The infographic linked above ranks 90 economies by the share of adults who agree that “most people can be trusted,” using nationally representative survey data from 2022, published 2024.
The data for this visualization comes from Integrated Values Surveys, accessed via Our World in Data.
Ranked: Most and Least Trusting Countries
Denmark leads with 74% of respondents saying that most people can be trusted, followed closely by Norway (72%) and Finland (68%).
| Rank | Country | Code | (%) Agree with “Most people can be trusted.” |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Denmark | DNK | 74 |
| 2 |  Norway | NOR | 72 |
| 3 |  Finland | FIN | 68 |
| 4 |  China | CHN | 63 |
| 5 |  Sweden | SWE | 63 |
| 6 |  Iceland | ISL | 62 |
| 7 |  Switzerland | CHE | 59 |
| 8 |  Netherlands | NLD | 57 |
| 9 |  New Zealand | NZL | 57 |
| 10 |  Austria | AUT | 50 |
| 11 |  Australia | AUS | 49 |
| 12 |  Canada | CAN | 47 |
| 13 |  UK | GBR | 43 |
| 14 |  Germany | DEU | 42 |
| 15 |  Macao | MAC | 41 |
| 16 |  Spain | ESP | 41 |
| 17 |  Belarus | BLR | 40 |
| 18 | Northern Ireland | GBR | 39 |
| 19 |  U.S. | USA | 37 |
| 20 |  Hong Kong | HKG | 36 |
| 21 |  Singapore | SGP | 34 |
| 22 |  Estonia | EST | 34 |
| 23 |  Japan | JPN | 34 |
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